Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Standard Utility Allowances Based on the Receipt of Energy Assistance Payments Under the Agricultural Act of 2014

The Food and Nutrition Service proposed to revise Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program regulations to require states that elect to use a heating or cooling standard utility allowance (HCSUA) in SNAP eligibility determinations to make the HCSUA available to households that have received a Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program payment, or other similar energy assistance program payment, greater than $20 annually in the current month or in the immediately preceding 12 months